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250 words. 4. Original storles or letters only will be used, Write your dress plainly at stary. Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever ycu are—Be thatl Whatever you say—Be truet Stralgattorwardly. aot, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody else but yow" THE SHIPWRECKED FAIRIES. Once in a wood Down in the roots of a_hollow tr Dwelled a little wood elf and his si ters, three, Twinkle and ‘Winkle, Pansy and Perry, oh, but the four merry, merry. One night as they tripped to the beach, Ang, there lay Forgotten by the children in play, A toy boat tiny. Cried Perry. “S embark!" The night was calm and without mis- kap They put to sea and the white sails flap, And_the boat like a bird skims the ruffled deep, And up at the en road To the moon sailed the boat and its fairy load, And perched in sing And honey cakes And once a Kelp Out of the sea and his seaweed clothes And. his sea-shel very queer That the fairies fear. The little man § Under the waters dark and blue. Next minute the sea began to churn And tumble about. stern The little boat saw And_ before they think Their folly boat began to sink, For the naughty friend Mr. Lobster. the Oh, alas! And, they do For you know, sweethearts, this thing is true, All fairfes’ powe: ute They touch the sea, and now they're in it And while they away From the lobster's claws high above the spray A sea most wept. I aboard. a stew he_white wings kite The falries flash night. Not every one m And shipwreck so romanticaHy. ot every ome may return by air And I wish I w: there, there, UNCLE JED'S AWAKES. This is the third Brehaut week the Rules for Youn§ Writers. 1. Write plainly om one side of the “n'nlydgud ;wh;“m el o pen and ink, e 3. Short and pointed articies will be given preference. Do mot use over v and away down the gold- a1l poised, then down he swept And the fairies were so glad they al- nd YOU look out or you'll end in R THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT hard and 282,223 %85 | cntiaren 1n order to the best adapted to the oranges in Florida, mear the rolling sea, groves in some of Were merry, | 25_any in the world. thetr | Products. © “Oh, what a lark!” hip ahoy. Let's all have been known sailors the sea folk the bow the fairles| (on0C 1a frequently to the fishes fiing. |10 ie on a seahorse rose The orange 11 hat were so very, Iy ripened, as all of commerce are, transportation. In Florida I saw laughed too loud, 1 n a rage withdrew From stem to trembled, the fairies could wink or even JESST Kelpie had called his fairy cruise to end. oh, dear, what shall “Yes,” sald seem so busy.” r dissolves the min- May. splashed ana dodged | here and there, they have stored Jack asked. Ma they asked mother. Mother told them little friends,” called rose and high as a | FIRES SACE through the summer | helpless. ay brave the sea ants who: Dbables. as a fairy, so there, care for themseives. TALK TO WIDE- |,y ants are slaves. fierce, bitter, deadly stories. Some of them are given to children who have had chance in life and who have worked done well I the face of such talented competition. In distributing the prize books we always have to consider the age and the comparative opportunities of the encourage the struggling classes as well as to re- ward the accurate and the capable. STORIES WRITTEN AWAKES. Oranges. The portion of the United States BY WIDE- together with a considerable portion of the states bor- dering on ffle Gulf of Mexico, Southern Calofornia, many vielding as large and profitable crops The orange groves of St. Augustine and other portions of Florida are be- coming quite noted for their excellent An otange tree wil harrlve :.;mm bearing age in about eight years the seed, or five vears if grafted or budded on to the wild fruit. vears from seed they will, with good care, be from ten to twelve feet high. The bearing will of course be light at first, the product being increased year by year with proper care. Orange trees are long lived, to bear than a hundred years. A tree in full bearing will produce annually from 2,000 to 10,000 oranges. From 48 to 100 trees are planted to| the acre: the latter number, however, renders them too crowded. used for graft- the better varieties the latter are thus made more hardy. is much more when perfectly ripened upon the tree than when gathered before being ful- of the oranges in order orange grove heavily laden so that the ‘branches were hanging on the ground. I also wept in the packing house | Lakeland and saw bins full of oranges that had to be sorted and then pack- Clinging to the sides a lobster's claw, Pdi s e ks i e cut from the branch of an orange tree vhich I keep as a souvenir, i ; L. BREHAUT. The Ant Hill. Jack and May were in a hurry and ran right through a small ant-hil. “Be careful!” cried Jack. stop and watch them! The little creatures hurried in great numbers out of their home. and did not seem know what to do or where to go. They may have felt as we would feel if the roof of the house were blown off. “See, Jack,” cried May, them are carrving rice!” “I wonder if that is part of the food away did not know; so that the whitd things they were carrying were baby The baby ants are ve They cannot walk or crawl. They are called the larvae or pupae. There are certain workers among the uty it is to care for these They carry_them abouf them, and care for them in ever untf] they are well grown and able to “Sometimes the nurses wars with other tribes, and they carry off the voung ants that they capture, and bring them high. They are very rough looking ?umde,_r!gx inside they are ln’;lv fin- shed. There are many rooms in these small tejl houses that reach far un- der the ground, like a kind of base- Mother pulled up a Blade of grass. On it were a number of little green bugs. “See, children,” she said, “these are the ants’ cows. They get a kind of sweet stuft from them which we call ltlgnewdew. The ants are very fond of s. “Not very long ago I read about some ants in Mexico that are very fond of honey. In fact, they are call- ed ‘honey-ants. They hunt their food at night, and eat so much that they cannot move. They look like white currants when they are full of honey. The, Mexicans like these honey-ants to Flog “Oh dear!” eajd May, shivering, “I Wwould rather have my ants in my gar- den than in my plate” And Jack agreed with. her. ‘ JESSIB L. BREHAUT. The Founder of the Salvation Army. “When William Booth went out from the prayer mesting where he had met God, he entered ino a new experlence. He was a working boy with a mother to support, but preaching his voca- tion. Religion was his hobby. When his day’s work was done at elght o'clock he went out into the streets or the flelds, gathered an audlence, and talked religion to them. He was made a Methodist lay preacher, and became a recognized leader as an evangelist. He led his companions from the Methodist chapel into the street, paraded the town, and returned with' its social refuse gath- ered into his net, and Gumped the con. tents into the ‘chapel. His betters complained at the human assortment, but he went on with his colleetion just the same. Already young Booth was using methods that were to become characteristic of the later army. In time Booth was ordained and giverr a settled charge. But his tem- per was evangelistic, and he proved insubordinate. The Methodist sys- tem had no room for such an inde- pendent, unconventional individual as he, for ‘the earlier Methodist of Wes- ley, field preacher, had become re- spectable and Institutronalized. The voung evangelist betook him- self to the heart of London, as the first Methodists had sought the open places in the country and the rural towns. He pitched his gospe! tent in the London slums, and preached there the story of the prodigal son, He receive dabuse from those of a high- er social scale who disapproved of his actions; he felt the blows of less re- fined enemies who pelted him with stones. But he persevered because it was in his nature to persevere. At first the enterprise that he establish- €d in London was calied the Christian Mission; by a sudden inspiration the followers of Booth adopted the name of the Salvation Army, and William Booth became its general. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. The Merry Nutting Party. “Hurrah! past the old harbor and away we go down hill o the silent woods,” shouted Molly, who was the oldest girl among the ‘merry party of twelve, besides their high school teacher. “Such a day as this could not have been better chosen: see how the sun makes the vellow and red leaves glit- ter in the sunlight. I think there is not a merrfer party than we,’ re- marked their teacher, who quite en- Joyed the scene. Only yesterday it was their duty to study hard on that dreadful subject, v called biology, but how it them like it today, for if they never looked at the different animals, trees, and plants to be seen in all woods, life would seem dull to them. “Ob!” exclaimed Ruth,, “here are the nut trees—chestnut, and walnut; lets begin gathering at once.” All agreed to the proposed plan and they had all the nuts they could car- rv ‘after two hours had expired. In kalf 2n hour it would be noon, S0 they walked farther into the deepest woods Suddenly, a startling sound brought them to a'stop. They listencd, only to learn, from the teacher, that it was a_ babbling brook they would soon reach. A Shoemaker's Apprentice. In the English Midlands, where mapy a stream winds between the corn lands and green pastures of pros- perous farmers, there grew up a weaver's boy in the late eighteenth century, who became one of the fa- mous heroes of Christian history. His name was William Carey. Though born in a village about midway be- tween the old universities of Oxford and Cambridge, he never studied at elther, but was self-educated. Though his father was clerk in the Anglican parish, the boy knew nothing of how the Anglican church won its inde- endence from Rome or how Puritan- $om strove for & Durer worship. Afés er an unpromising boyhood, young Carey was apprenticed to learn the trade of shoemaking, with no pros- pects of any higher career than that of his hard-working father. Two years after he began his ap- prenticeship, Willlam Carey gaimed a new understanding of religion through the influence of one of bis fellow ap- prentices. ~He became an earnest Bible student and accepted Baptist ideas of New Testament teaching, joining a Baptist church. His new re- liglous experience led him to have larger aspiratio 1t seemed to him that he could make more of his life than to bend his back over a shoe- maker's last. He began to talk on religion to small groups of friends, and presently he became pastor of a poor Baptist church with a salary of fif- teen pounds a year. Carey had already married, and to make a living he taught school through the day, cobbled in the even- ing, and preached on Sunday. Few men who were compelled to live so hard a life as that would have had any wider visions. But Carey had become a student. He had méstered foreign languages. He had learned something of the world. He had found out its religlous destitution, and he felt a longing that tingled through his veins to send the gospel of the English Midlands bevond the seas to the heart of paganism, as Jesus had commanded long before. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. An Unexpected Visitor. Last Saturday afternoon my sister and I had a better time than we ex- pected as one of our friends made an unexpected Visit to our house. She arrived about 2 o'clock and found me writing a_story, Mary Carey, for the Wide-Awake Circle, 5o I had to lay aside my work. Our parlor was nice and comforta- ble because we had been sitting In it and so we had a dandy log fire. How cheerful it is to sit > an open fire, when out in the open the wind blows furiously! Our friend, after having herself, entertained us by few pieces on the plano. I entertained her by .showing her my stories and the prize books which I think a great deal of. Then my sis- ter and I played a duet entitled Mar- tha, and we each played Old Folks at Home, and a_few waitzes, as we have only taken piano lessons about half a year. The reason for our friend's visit was because she knew Jessie and I had both graduated from the commercial course of the high school so she want- ed to inquire from us about bookkeep- ing, as she thought of taking up that subject. 1 was glad to give her all the information possible as it would be fine to have a companion to walk to_and from high school cvery day. When it was 5 o'clock, our friend decided to return home, so 1 picked some bansles, stock, and chrysanthe- mums for her, then we all started to- wards her_house. We had had such a pleasant time to- gether that we planned to o out the next afternoon for a long walk. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. The Harvesting and Storage of Vege- tables. Beets should be harvested before there is danger of injury from frost The tops, should be cut to within one inch of the bulb, and the small roots remain on such as are intended for late keeping. In pulling and cleaning the roots, care should be used ot to bruise or cut off any of the large fi- bers, as it injures the quality and in warmed playing a NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, reached without effort by a person standing upon the ground. A picturesque and fascinating view, and a glimpse of the magnitude of this parasite growth can be had on going up the Missis#ippi river from 1ts mouth to_New Orleans. I have ceen the moss covering the trees to such an extent that the st never penetrates it, in Lakeland, Win- terhaven, and other cities in Florida. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. Robert Raikes ang the Sunday School. In England in the eighteenth cen- tury there was no adequate eystem of ediication for 21l the children of the nation. Village schoolmasters on small pay taught in rural districts wherevel money was provided by individuals or churches for such instruction, and choriyt schools abounded; but there was need of a better organization when Robert Raikes Introduced his Sunday schooi plan, . Robert Ralkes was a printer and editor in Glouchester, England, in the year 1780. He was walking ons morn- ing in a factory district when he was disturbed by the apparent degradation of the children in the street, and after musing upon what his investigation disclosed he planned to open 2 school for_their benefit. He found four women who were willing to teach the children on Sun- days for the wage of a shilling, The children were willing to attend, and the plan proved a success. Elementary instruction was given in readirg and in the catechism. The children were required to appear with clean hands and faces, and those who made most satisfactory pregress were rewarded with shoes and clothing and with Bible: A large part of the day was glven up to the teaching and to re- ligious exercises. After its success was established be- vond a doubt, Raikes published the Story, and the scheme was widely adopted. In some cases the school was held on Saturday as well as on Sunday, but with the increase of day schools the Sunday school became re- stricted to relizious instruction. LILLIAN M. BREHATUT. Famous Boys, A woman fell off the dock in Italy. She was fat and frightened. No one of the crowd dared to jump in after her; but a boy struck the water almost as soon as she, and managed to keep her up until stronger arms got held of her. Everybody said the boy was very daring, very kind, very quick, but also very recknless, for he might have been drowned. The boy was Garibaldi and if you will read his life you will find these were just his tralts all throuzh—that he was so alert that no- body could tell when he would make | an “attack with his red-shirted sol- diers, so indiscreet sometimes as to make his fellow patriots wish he was in Guinea, but also so brave and mag. nanimous’ that all the world, except tyrauts, loved to bear and talk about him. A boy used to crush the flowers to set their color and painted the white side of his father's cottage in Tyrol with all sorts of pictures which the mountaineers gazed at as wonderful. H> was the great artist Titian, An old painter watched a little fellow who amused himself making drawings | of his pot and brushes, easel and stool, and said: “That boy will beat me some day.” So he did, for ke was Michael Angelo. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. Rice, Rice forms sne of the principal arti- cles of diet of the inhabitants of Chine nearly :he entire southern portion sia, as well as the numerous isl- s of the Pacific and Indian oceans. and a large portion of Africa. It is extens Lurope and in most of the tropical and -tropical countries. Rice was introduced into South Car- olina In 1694 by a vessel from Mada- gascar which, in distress, sought refuge in Charieston harbor. The cap- taln” of this vessel, having subse- quently formed the acquaintance of a Tesident of Charleston, presented him wit ba small sack of rough rice. This zentleman had it planted ii his gar den and the plants yielding abundantly sogn attracted the attention of his neighboring planters, among whom he | mer employer. ely cultivated also in southern | sition that the side seen by the ob- server is lighted by the sunlight. Black clouds are those that are so thick or dense that little sunlight passes through them, and at the same time are not illuminated by sunlight on the side seen by the observer. It is these heavy, large clouds that are most likely to produce rain. LILLIAN BREHAUT. Maggie, the Little Slave Girl. Maggie had been secured from an orphanage by Farmer Brown to work for his wife three years, and when this term was up she would receive one hundred dollars for her services, In the meantime her board and clothes were free. Hor tasks were very hard and many. Mrs. Brown thought nothing of mak- ing poor Maggie do the work of two. The dishes had to be washed by Bag- giefi the beds made, the sweeping done and other household tasks. Besides these, Farmer Brown always had someihing for her spare time, so she had littie chance to rest. Each evening before going to bed this poor girl would read a chapter or more of her Bible, as it was the only book she possessed. One brisht, sunny day towards the end of her second vear of hard, tire- come work she had been severely scolded for breaking some dishes. She stood a great deal of scoldings, but they had made her fcel mserable end wretched. The farmer and his_wife had just driven off in an old carriage to visit a sick lady in the village, so Maggzic decided to run away. She made up a parcel of her clothes and Bible, then she procured some food al®o, to last two days, and was soon lost to sight In the decp woods. After traveling all day, she came to an old deserted, tumble-down farm- house, which she’ considered a suita- ble spot for safety. She ate some bread and cheese and soon after was off in dreamland. Early the next morning after bregkfast she was up and off again, but this time on the main high- way to town. She thought she was safe, but great was her mistake, for the first person she met was her for- He aid not scold her as she expected he would, but he pitied her, for he noticed how tired she looked. He drove Maggie home and ever after she was kindly treated and forgiven. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. The Golden Column. Near the monastery of San Vito in Naples stood a marble column that Lad been erected by an eccentric Frenchman about the beginning of the last century. On it were written in French the following enigmatic words: “On May 1st, every year, I have a golden head.” The inscription sorely puzzled the inhabitants of Naples. On May Ist, the year after the erection of the col- umn, a_great crowd came to it in the hope of finding the top covered with gold pieces. Needless to say, thev went home with their pockets as empty as they were when they came. For several years people came to see the promised wonder, and went away disappointed. At last the authorities had the column taken down, in the Delief that treasure would be found beneath it. Nothing but earth was found, and so the column was set up again. Obviously, the words had a mystic meaning, but no one was clever enough to guess it, and for years the riddle remained unsolved. Finally, in 1841, a rageed besgar named Anniball Tosei noticed the in- scription. He stood looking at it for a long time, while he pondered its meaning. Then suddenly the sclution of the puzzle flashed into his mind. He waited patiently until May 1st before he tested the accuracy of his inter- pretation of the mystic words. On the day he mentioned in the in- scription, Tosci bearing a pick and shovel, set out at davbreak for the column, He arrived before any chance visitors, and as soon as the monas- tery bells tolled six, he started dig- ging in the ground covered by the shadow of the top of the column. He had not dug long before he came om a _satchel that contained 80,000 francs. The inscription was a true one; the head of the column covered the golden treasure every year on May Ist. Annibale Tosci, the begsar, whose Fisheries. Fishing is important in the shallow northern seas, where herring, cod, and fiat fisk are abundant. Off the fiord coast of the Scandinavian peninsula the summer fishing season is the Dus- iest time of the year. Vast quantities of fish are salted, or drled in the sun, or smoked, for export to_the countries of southern and eastern Europe, where fasting is practiced as a religious du The deep seas of the Mediterranean are less rich in fish, but the tunny and sardine fisheries are imported. The chief river fisheries are salmon in the | rivers of northern Europ2, and stur- | geon in the rivers flowing to the Cas- | plan, | I have seen the fishermen on th> Portland beach in England, pulling in their nets containing from two or three thousand fishes in each net. Anv | idle persan standing on the beach, who will lend a hand to help puli in the nets, is entitled to a share. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. Graces in Winter. | With but little care, some varietic of geares possessing good Kkeeping qualities may be kept till midwinter, or éven late in the spring. As it I such_a- delicious and healihfal grutt the luxury of havinz through the winter will well repay ihe trouble of properly storing it for this purposc Grapes that have a thick skin anc are rich in quality arc tihe best fc this purpose. Pick the fruit when perfectly rip and dry, and place the bunches in cool room for 0 or threa days, wh they will not be shrivelled by the a bing f00 dry or mofstencd by its being too damp. Handle very carcfully, ‘wavs taking the bunches by the stem: | 8na remove all bruised or looscned ber jries from each bunch, since such v soon decay and _have a tendency : malte the sound fruit decay also. Then Iplace the bunches carefully between layers of wheat chaff, or maple or| swood sawdust that has been thor- oughly dried and put in a cold place. Cotton batting or soft paper Is also frequently placed between the layer: The bunches should never be packe but three or four layers dscp, as the fruit in the lower ones would other- wise be liable to be crushed by the weight of those above. Cover the top |layers of fruit well, to exclude the air @s much as possible. The fruit should be stored in a place that is free from dampness. A fruit room cooled with fce is of course the best place to keep such fruit, but where this cannot b had the boxes or crates containing it may be placed upon the ice in the icchouse and covered with heavy blankets or a deep layer of dry sawdust. JESSIE L. BREHAUT. Ruth’s Adventure. Ruth had her summer vacation and now that she graduated from high school and her friends were away she felt very lonely. If only Alice was with her & pleasant walk through the woods would pass away her time, but she did not care to go alone. The seashore was five milos from ber home, but she had been there sev- eral times on her favorite pony and in less than half an hour. Sbe would quite enjoy a ride there today, but her parents were never agrceable to allow her to go alone. She knew it Wwas wrong of her, but in spite of the fact she saddled her pony and arrived at her destination {n half an hour. If her parents arrived home before her, ajfie they were zway, the note she had left would explain everything. Ruth had her lunch on the beach and became interested in watching the lit- tlo children build sand castles. Upon having enough money with her, a thought appeared in her mind of how pleasant a row would be. Her father had taken her rowing several times and she had watched him, so she thought she could row just as well. She was soon in a boat and it was golng along fie. Far down in the water where it was clear could be seen crabs, seaweeds and sometimes a fish or two. After she had been rowing for more than half an hour the sky was becom- ing filled with those black clouds which often produce rain, and the wind be- gan to rise. It was not long before the sea became very rough, the big white waves dashed against the boat and Here is proof and baby’s picturs ““My work is entirely among infants.! Five years ago Sykes’ Comfort Powder ‘was recommended to me by an eminent children’s Specialist_in Boston, as the best Powder to use in my work. I mustsay it is a wonder worker. 1 am sending two pice tures of little ones who both suffered severely from heat rash, which entirely disappeared in two days by applying Comfort Powder after everything else had failed. ”’—Lillian A. Guillard, 20 Char’gate W.,Boston, Mass. Not a plain talcum powder, buta highly medicated preparation tnegualled to heal skin soreness of infants, children and adults. Used and endorsed for 20 years by leading New England physicians, nurses mothers. Al Dealers, 25e. THE COMFORT POWDER (0., Boston, Mazs, been removed is molasses. The brown sugar may be purified, or refined, in varfous ways, but the prin- ciple of the process is to dissolve it in water and let it slowiy filter through layers of bone, charcoal or other porous substance, which takes out the im- prities. The iiquid is then boiled till it thickens ard the whijte sugar again forms as crystals, leaving a part still as liquid syrup. i JESSIE BREHAUT. | Right Names of Birds. Meadow lark is an example of one kind of misnaming. The real American representatives of the European larks are our horned larks. These are much smaller, more quiet and less showy birds than tho big starlings; thence they fail to attract attenilon. But these starlings of the open meadows, with their habit of singing on_the wing, sometimes as they circled to alight, suggested to the people, how- ever remotely, their beloved larks, so they were called meadow larks. Robin, as applied to our ruddy- breasted thrush, is another examgple, but a less serious one. Even to this day one occaslonally hears our bird called redbreast, as was done by the early colonists on account of the ruddy coloring which it had in comymon with the English warbler which they had known so well as robin redbreast. TILLIAN BREHAUT. Loves to Watch the Birds. I love to watch the birds and think they are such good company. I often throw out scraps from the table and then watch the birds pick them up. | I have never studied them very closely but always like to read auy, article I found about them. i Birds can be identified by compar- ing the specimen with a description or picture of it in a bird-book, or by someone who knows birds. In either case the observer must be able to an- swer certain questions and he must! know beforchand what these questions are likely to be. Where was the bird seen? Some birds live in swamps, others on the prairie, others in the woods. Some inhabit remote places, others come near the house, “Where did you see the bird?” is one of the first questions that you will be asked by the person who seeks to help you with vyour identification. o 2 v b ; ey : < . Woodpeckers are usually seen on the ol 1 ok for ihafa Theauts that n c X 3 duces a_tendency to dec neither | distributed the seed, who in turn ex- | Sharp guess had given him wealth, be- | before it cowld reach the dock it be- 3 Soclal Corner has had since it started | up to work for them. The When they arrived fo find it was a|should they ever be ailowed to wilt, | tended its dissemination along the riv. |came a land-owner near Mantua, Italy. | came filled with water. It would sink | boles of trees, 2nd el five vears ago.. These two girls have | 1o this are found brook, it made them excited, as they|for having once become wilted of | crs farther tonards the Imecion s uati | He died at the age of ninety-four. I less ‘han ten minutes, eo Ruth|about the smaller branches. ' Feowny ey Sacra L isters in e | e R Vanted to find onme In order to get |shriveled, they will never recover their|in a few years 1t bocame by caverul JESSIE L. BREHAUT. | had to Jump out, and just as she did | {hrushes sing from —high —treetops, re printed pages of thelr letters in | same, When it is warm these nurse | SOme Water to prepare the coffee. firm and brittle texture. In stacking | culture one of the peincipal cultivated S0 two men came to her assistance and | W00d thrushes from inner m! have printed pag ints carry tho baby ants up into tho | Packages, carrieq by them, wers|them, they will keep better if . the | oo o he,Of the princiv % RS she was saved. branches. In marshes some birds| this department in that time. Sunshine, and when it looks as if it|opened and their contents taken out,|crowns aro placed outward. Thee B Southay’s Books, Wrenever sl thought of doing any- | /tecter” on rushes, others skulk low They have always delighted Uncle | would rain, they haurry funsi saucers, p!fllr-sa spoons, knives,| may be stored in a cool cellar and =i 3 ETl?e_hhrur,v of Robert 1503”'?'{' the | thing after this event the motto always “",;};g B tho BIr (alor tha i i ia hE nalSe e Mo and forks were spread out on a cloth. | slightly covered swith dry carth. nglish poet, consisted of about four-|came to ind: “Children, obey you st R = After wood had been gathered, a fire| Carrots should be harvested before| vro Declaration of Independence. |icon thousana volumes. ‘That i prob- | pavenier o o ¥ YOUT | importance ana_should be expressed ing, “their accuracy in speiling ai “Do_all ants live in houses like|lighted and coffee, toast. and 'broiled | frost injures them, and in dry weather |, VirZinia led the way in instructing lably the largest number of books ever LILLIAN BREHAUT. -|Dot in inches, but in terms of well- pointing, and thelr abllity to select | opu» Ny nzked. as she watehed (he | ChOpE passed around, a ungry party | when the roots Will come out o meh|her delesates In coneress to vote for | eollected by s Deroon ot susn simiien e 5 known birds. and write upon interesting subjects. | little fellows running here and there. | partook of this delightful meal. ground dry and clean. They may be | independence, and the otner states|means. His son writes that many of | The Wonderi ligence of an .|, The color of the bird is very impor- g : £ 5 ; onderful Intelligence of an Eng 5 e ey Tatt answered mother. “Some of | But, as I did not relate, in my first| harvested with facility by running a | $radually foilowed. 4 .| the books were in vellim or parch- i tant. Birds are roughly described by, i ol ¥P°*| them build little wee mounds of dirt|part of this story, that it was “Hal- | plow on one side of the rows, ater| June 8 a resolution that the colonics|ment bindings. His brother, Thomas sh. Retrievee. color ' masses. The mantle—upper | written (of late some of it has been | them BUUd e vice mopnds BL (Ut | owe'en Day,” a more exciting time | which the be easily removed by | Were free and independent states was|Southey, was a skilful letferer; he| It was the custom of8ir Charles to|parts—of the wood-thrush, for exam- type-witten), and the work is 80 well | jootc like tiny chimneys. Others bulld | awaited them when s they — arrived | hand, but ould be taken not to | Offered in congress, and a committec | painted the backs of the books in some | Occasionally on a morning send out|ple is brown, that of the king-birg, siome, for they were to share in the feasts, games and other pastimes of that evening. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. done that it is safe to pass it right to the printer, for it needs no editing. In several hundred writers there are bigger mounds than that; their houses are four feet high. The; are made of sticks, straws and bits of dirt. The ants build long tunnels or injure or bruise them in any way, as|9f five whe appointed o draw up a it will cause them to decay. The fops |fitting declaration. The committee fin- should be cut close to the crown te fished its work June 25th. prevent sprouting in winter. They } June 2 the resolution was adopted, bright color, and put the title on this colored background in large gold let- ters of the Old English type. Another fancy of the poet's was to this dog to see if the weather was suitable for gunning, saying to him: “Go out and sce if it wili do.” The dog would go out, walk round the dark slate-color. The breast of the robin is chestnut, that of the nuthatch white. The body of the scarlet tanger is scarlet, its wings and tail jet-black. not more than a half dozen who are equally good in their work, Some people can think better than they can write and we call to mind one or two of our poorest writers who always send in entertaining stories. But the books best writers or for the die. They cut out live wood. do not all g0 to the best told |houses from fifteen rooms under the ground. are the carpenter-ants, that find a live tree in which the heart has begun to Then there bulld fine rooms and galleries The rooms are polished as smoothly as possible, are _almost as thin as paper. “Some South American ants The Bl “0, mother, isn’t there something I Celia?" ‘Everyone else is making her some- ‘hing for her new home.” :an sew for “Well, perhaps sem these dusters and work Celia's in- itials in the corners. she held up half aice walte cheese-cloth. For the rest of line practised, and for several days, when the others sat out on the porch and sewed, Caroline was part of the sircle, and very painstakingly ran her Slue-threaded needle round the initials that her mother iusters. But after a time the novelty began A little pain had a habit »f starting between ind worse than that, just at the time ihey were all settled down to work, to wear off. Avery Ames was sk her to go out after wild flowers THE BLUE INITIALS. ue Initials. ran. picture,” said Celia, the_canvas. ‘No, teased Caroline. ve 1d_learn t you could learn to | thouel " mother said, as a_dozen squares of | be; haven't 1? corner. mine. me. Why,” faced them, that? the afternoon Caro- had drawn on the | WOIK idea scampering mind. her shoulders; —Careless ashame ‘Worker. sure to appear and crooked hem?" “You must be sorry to part with the standing before the artist said, smiling, “even though someone buys Caroline wondered how that could “I have put some of myself into it, My name is there in the That shows that the work is No ane can take it away from he wheeled about ~and “did you ever think of You' sign your name to the work that you do every day.” Preston had sent a brand new through Caroline's It was such a noisy idea, for this is what it sald: “You signed your own initials on those dusters! .,‘Shou'(fl he fail to guess his Don't you hope that your mother hasn’t seen them and Blind Man's Buff With Cane. At one of our socials held at the gvmnasium of the Oyster Bay High School, we played “Blind Man’s Buff,” s0o I thought perhaps some of the ‘Wide-Awakes who do not know. how to play it would be interested. The blind man, his cyes being se- curely covered, is placed in the cen- ter of the room; then a cane is given to him. The plavers then take hold of each other's hands, form a circle, and dance around him at the same timesinging some popular song. When the song fs finished they all stang still. The blind man holds out his cane, the person to whom it is pointed being obliged to take hold of it by the end which is presented to him. The blind man then asks three ques- tions ,to which the holder of the cane is obliged to answer, “Yes,” or *“No,” disguising his voice to avold being recognized. If the latter does not know how to disguise his voice he is detected and takes the place of the blind man. name, start all over again, until the blind man guesses_correctly. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. Teaching Indian Pupils to be Cleanly. Cleanliness is one of the things upon which partjcular stress is laid by the instructors in the government’s Indian schools, At one of these institutions which is maintained for the benefit of the resi- dent Indians in the Salt River Valley of Arizona, a_somewhat curious meth- od is followed in drilling the pupils in the practice of brushing their hair reg- should lie a day in the sun, and be- come well dried and a little wilted be- fore storing. They may be deposited in small heaps in a cool cellar and covered with dry sand. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. Ce Nat and Pussy, Pussy lay on the doorstep in the sunshine, and she thouzht, “How nice and warm it is here!” So she lay quite still, for she was very sleepy at was at play in the yard with his little wagon. When he saw the cat there on the doorstep, he said, ‘Come Topsy; you shall be my pony, and draw my wagon!” Then he ran and caught her, and tied her in front of his wagon. The wagon was so big that Topsy could not draw it, so she lay down again. “O Topsy!” said Nat, “this will not do at all! You are too little to draw my wagon. No, the wagon is too big. I know what I will do. I will play that my hat is a little wagon.” Then Nat took the wagon away, and tied his hat to the cat. “That is fine!” he said. “Now I will fill the hat with grass, and we shall have a load of hay. There it is! Now get up, Topsy, and draw it to the arn Nat made Topsy ‘“get up” but she did not like it very much. She saw that the gate was open and ran out into the road. “Come back, Topsy,” said Nat; “that s not the way to the barn.” But Top- Sy did not want to so she ran into the Wwoods. Nat's mother was not at all sur- prised at the cat's escape. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. American Moss. and the Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776, The United Colonies were now the United States, claiming to be inde- pendent of both king and parliament. This declaration, made by Thomas son, was discussed by many pa- trivts in Faneuil hall, Boston, and signed in Independence hall, Philadel- phia. The Centennial, or hundredth anni- versary of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, was celebrated in 1876, As o part of tha celebration an interna- tional exposition was held at Philadel- phia from May until November. In its great buildings were collected speci- mens of the productions, manufactures and arts of every country. LIULIAN BREHAUT. Talent Or Goadness. The great need of the day i so much more talented men, bright men, shrewd, daring persons who will attempt anvthing and carry it through; but men of superior’ worth, sterling character, genuine goodness. The type of men that we need to- day are the men who will not vield to temptation and are as true as steel. The times need men who will not do a single unfair thing—even though it may be within the pale of legality. The great and crying evil today is that nearly all business is done on an unsound basis. Each man's aim is to get business by any means possible; to make as much as possible and to give as little as possible. The re- sult of it is that it is exceedingly dif- ficult for a thoroughly honest man to make ends meet. z We may find it a difficult task but we will serve our day and generation more nobly if we will strive to be have all the books of lesser value, which had become ragged and dirty, covered, or rather bound, in colored cotton prints, for the sake of making them clean and respectable, since he could not afford to have so many put into leather bindings. His daughters, aided by any female friend who might be staying with them, performed that task, and they bound thus, at different times, some fourteen hundred volumes. They fill- ed one room completely, and Southey called it “the Cottonian library.” He took great pleasure in watching and directing the work. The ladies would often suit the pattern to the contents; they would ciothe a Quaker work or a book of sermons in sober drab, poetry in some flowery pattern, and some- times they would contrive a sly piece of satire at the expense of some work by their choice of its binding. There was one convenience about thls mode of binding, for the books were identi- fied by their conspicuous dress, and very easily found. JESSIE L. BREHAUT. Spider k. The silkworm is by no means the only creature that produces silk. Spi- ders make their webs, nests, and esg- cocoons of a Kind of stik that is well adapted for certain of man's uses. The filaments of spider-silk are much finer than those produced by the silkworm, but they are relatively stronger. The webs of some of the large spiders of tropical countries are strong enough to_entangle small birds. In the year 1703 a_ French jurlst, Monsieur Guenaux, of Montpellier, suc- ceeded In making several pairs of gloves and stockings from the silk of garden spiders. house, putting his nose up in the air for a'few moments, and then come back to the house. If “it would do,” he would spring about the rocm in the most lively manner. Sir Charles wouid then tell him ty fetch Tom, the keeper. Off he would £0, sometimes to the distance of about a mile, to fetch the keeper. He would scratch at the keeper's door, run tow- ards the corner where the guns were kept, and by delighted barks tell Tom that'ke was wante@ to go out shooting. And then they would both be soon ready for the day's sport. 1, on the contrary, “it would not o, the dog would come in slowly, looking down on the carpet in a de- jected way, throw himself at length upon the rug, and go to sleep. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. Dot and the Portmanteau. A lady and gentleman were in the habit of leaving their home for a month's trip to the seaside. During their absence their favorite _terrier, Dot, a sharp little fellow, was left be- hind. Dot always showed his vexation at the departure of his master and mistress by whinjng and barking. Un- til the carriage was out of sight he was not kept indoors without some trouble. One summer when the lady was get- ting ready for the usual trip she no- ticed Dot seatéd in the portmanteau which was lylng open in readiness to be packed. Dot refused to leave the portmanteau, and remained ip it dur- ing dinner time. No offers of food ceuld tempt him to get out, and it was not till he had fallen asléep that he was removed. Fvery year Dot thus took possession of the portmanteau, which he evidently The head of the Baltimore orlole is black, its body orange, its wings black with ‘white marking: This is only a little about birds. It would take quite a long time for any one to study enough about them to know them at a distance. JESSIE L. BREHATIT. Kite-Ball. Here is a way for a girl fo earn a little extra money that is by making “kite-balls,” for small children. To make one, take a circular piece of, stout cloth about twelve inches in! diameter, gather the edges with strong. thread, Stuff rather hard, draw the edges tightly together, and fasten se- ! curely. Next take a strip of gay col- ored cloth about one yard long and three inches wide, fold lengthwise two | or three times, and stitch; then sew one end of the strip firmly to the gath- ers on the ball. ! To use the ball, hold the free end of the streamer in one hand, swing the| | i ball around and round a moment, then let go when it swings up. It wiil sail to an astonishing height and distance, but the bright streamer makes it easy for even very little people to find it.| The balls sell for ten cents apiece. JESSIE L. BREHAUT. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Huntington Beach. Dear Uncls Jed: Last Thursday my: sister and I and two other girls and| their mother took the tram from| Slosset to Huntington. It was about, 15 minutes’ ride. Irom Huntington we| took the trolley to the Deach. There! were three sisters and about 20 nttle; orphan girls on the troiley. Most all! the liitle girls were dressed alike. We n the flelds, or Billy would invite her ‘0 sail boats in the brook by the saw- The first really prac- ularly. On one side of the building tical experiments, however, were made good before we strive to do great there is a long, narrow board bearing thought was the cause of the eparture things. €oon arrived at the beach. There is &, of his master and his mistress. “Since every day your work goes American moss as used for uphol- 01 h] a ‘benches for x X 2 mnds nistress. park there and tables and miil. And both of those things Caro- it Vo peme Mitached fo 1 lu mertes of numerals, beneath each of e TEEan M. BRERAUT, |7 @0 Daslshmen aemed Holl Ty LILLIAN BREAAUT. |plenicking. We sat in the park t.:;g! ine particularly loved to do. 7" { which is a peg. Suspended from these | o ic B o 3 2 1 = a ch. A 2 “0 dear she grumbled to herselt | Mr, Preston then opencd the door|are a coml and brush for each Of the | iy % earaste taawes ST MOsS: 1) Tho Flowers and the Sick Boy, [ from the body of the spider: and the Sugar. a walk along the road and we saw a. sHp day,STm goine to tace wich M SuS ey RapeRg pul Tnty tipeteienrc puplls, and their use Is a part of the | syampy and miasmatic districts of th| _Arthur was a little fnvalld boy. He|er than thet spun under normal con- whalieye noticed that several of the|lovely .mansion which resembled a ititche n this duster t mother s ally routine. o Unitec was an orphan, and was taken care of s de-Awakes send in recipes for fcastie. Rt kbt foe to sew on. them amx | Caroline slipped softly down the TILLIAN M. BREHAUT, |Southern part of the United States of i ditions. The end of the filament he at. garden walk, lifted the latch in the te, and once on the road, she ran home. Celta came back, she found America. The moss parasite flourishes upon trees, as does the mistletoe upon the apple trees of England, with the dif- in a hospital. One day a kind little girl whose name was Florence went to see Ar- thur. When she and the nurse went When we got back to the park it was, g high tide, so we went in_bathing. We went home about 5 o'clock after having a lovely time. making candy, but perhaps do - not stop to think where the sugar or mo- lasses used in candy making comes from. nore! I'm tired of sewing.” Her sister Celia came out just then, nd Caroline was o ashamed of the oked hem and the wobbly “C, W, tached to a bobbin, which was re- volved by steam. The process docs not seenmao Incommode the spider. Af- ter she has been robbed of all her silk, Ornamented With Sea Shells. Flowerpots i i vas asleep, ts for ten days, and is the; Sugar is obtained from sugar caue, LILLIAN BREHAUT. { o] oth | ber lttle sister on the veranda, b m. ference that the mistletoe grows up-|into the room the litle boy was she rests for ten days, and Is n u 3 K e e s on D anite vou e Sranamas | ang’ cermaking of flowerpots from. 8a0d | ward, 1s of & decidedly woody enbe |80 Florence lald the pretty bouquet|ready to vield another Supply. sorzo plant, beet root and the maple % 1311'; ?cer o X she heatd her explain, as she snipped |ed alopg the ocean front, are imbed. |Stance and grows leaves and berries; | Which she herself had made beside| As the silk comes from the spinner- | tree. 3 3 5 Then ske walked quietly out of i s -| Susar ca ows in nearly all parts I going down to the studlo,” Celia | Way at some crooked blue stitches, “T | deq'is & pleasant occupatlon, especial. | Moss grows downward in long jointed |Blm. Then ske walked auietly ou ets it is covered with a viscous sub ne gr X k] E g Woldn't want to do_something badly o not know | threads, each joint capable of pro- stance, which s washed off in running | o he torrid zone, and in eome of the { - rm'f P":":?.' z:'?."::n: '.w".‘;' nn&u hen gign my very own Initlals to '.,f,’h?f &“'&‘(’;'f“‘w‘&*;f’ifil’ Ef-f::ny kinds of | ducing members of a like nature. The| The scent of the-flowers awakened|water. ' The fyaments are very fine; | Warmer parts of the temperate. It el 4 ottow T 11t would 17 Dow't yeu think people | shells picked up & great varlety of |largest outside dlameter of this hairy | the boy, and he sat up in bed Soving: | from efght to twenty-four must be [ needs rich soil and a hot even climate, 4 o ther, please’ may 1 too7” | ought to do their best? Then they'll | effects are produced. In some cases|Erowth will not excced one-sixteenth | My dream has come true! ‘hl"‘vr e xmbsned to form a single thread. The | With plenty of rainfall. k ” D ied, as she jum; up. *p|be to have folks know that it's | the ghells may be left sticking to the |Of an inch. In the center of this is the | had dreamed the very thing that hap- Lries that these threads produce is The{ sugar cane is m;t! kx:nd taken ts ot be & bif of Dother” their work. This C. W. 18 golng to |outside of the flowerpot, and in others | little thread or fibre, from root end |Pened. much lighter than ordinary silk. For | the mills, where the stalks are groun "Yes, you may; but remembez, dear, | Stand for Careful Worker.” they may be sunk into the composi- [ to tip, which when prepared should be LILLIAN BREHAUT. |that reason, cords of spider-silk are| between iron rollers to extract the Pres ‘wish ictures idma calmly croche C ir-like. I h especially suitable for the nets that{juice. This is boiled several times ".’,’w e oy Hen m:"fi,';‘,;,‘" chaitr, md:mflm :y‘fenufi;’-t:g: - %’?dlfiamr; “a’xinE::E 2‘;,‘} evl:g]d‘na“sdw:::;- 1:::'- o ?fnv’fmugz;; Colors Of Clouds. enclose balloons. 'The silk is of a|to make it thicker and sweeter and at ‘Carolix down the very road | the top of her spectacles in be used as molds, and some novel and | upon one very lareg tree, the long| White clouds are those which are|superb glossy vellow, but its color is |last the sugar forms as brown cPystals 't fl?m and scuf- attractive patterns may b% worked out. | Streamers will envelop the t and | so thin that sunlight comes through | not permanent. O AR in the v&t.-. ..,’""‘.‘,’.“:‘1‘ g&uw remain- E&° &8 1od toaven L TITTTAN ¢ RRRHATIT. |hang so low that it can often belthem. or else thev are in such a po- TRSSTR T, BRWH AT g I the vais after tho s hes / )